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Chabad of VA Installs Accessible Bimah So All May Participate

Chabad of Virginia is welcoming the New Year with the installation of a brand new accessible bimah, friendly to people who use wheelchairs.

By Staff Writer

September 8, 2015

100 Year Celebration of Kazan’s Historic Synagogue

Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Muslim-majority autonomous republic of Tatarstan, celebrated the 100th year anniversary of its grand central synagogue this week. In preparation for…

By Rena Greenberg

September 3, 2015

Vancouver Island Breaks Ground on New Chabad Center

Vancouver Island, in Canada’s Pacific northwest, was named the No. 1 Island in U.S and Canada by the Travel + Leisure magazine 2014. Locals and…

By Etti Krinsky

August 26, 2015

Congressman Ted Deutsch: Chabad Inspires Him to Speak His Conscience

Under a heavy downpour of rain, members of the Coral Springs Jewish community attended the August 13th opening of the Chai Chabad Center in Coral…

By Rosie Jacobs

August 25, 2015

Nanotech Engineers Decode Talmudic Texts

Behind the walls of the guarded nano technology industry, a group of great minds meet five times a week in a breakout room in Albany,…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

August 21, 2015

Success In 180 Words

I’ve always wondered why our Sages never clarified the definition of success. The Mishna defines the “rich” person, the “smart” person and the “strong” one.…

August 13, 2015

Interview with Russian Transportation Magnate David Aminov

Russian businessman and philanthropist David Aminov exudes a mellow humility, weighing his words thoughtfully as he considers Jewish identity, commitment and the revival of Jewish…

By Baila Olidort

August 11, 2015

Reflections On Leadership

A true leader, said the Rebbe, must selflessly put aside any personal interests when confronted with adversity, and be concerned only for the community and…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

August 5, 2015

Through A Lens Daily

Daily Wisdom offers its readers an “ark” of refuge, a way to re-focus themselves, and prepare themselves to enter the world each day.

By Miri Birk

August 4, 2015

Desperately Seeking Jews in the Australian Outback

Traveling in a motor home, armed with Jewish gear, Rabbi Yossi and Malki Rodal are making their way around the Australian outback in search of…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

August 3, 2015

Shabbat Nachamu, Shabbat Shalom!

Nachamu, nachamu ami . . . "Take comfort, take comfort, my people." The haftorah reading describes how God will console the Jewish people from their…

July 31, 2015

High Marks for Parisian Chabad School

Ranking at the top of Le Parisien’s list of the nation’s schools earlier this year, the school also got recognition last week with the release…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 30, 2015

Helping Jews Meet & Marry

Pamela Kandil and David Danciger’s “Meet Cute” is a jet-setting tale of Jewish dating with a uniquely European flair. Seated next to each other at…

By Rena Greenberg

July 29, 2015

In The Footsteps of Their Parents

At a time when other faith communities are experiencing a dearth of young religious leadership, within Chabad there are many like Mendel and Avremel: 20…

By Rena Greenberg

July 28, 2015

The Tefillin Box

At the Shipudei Beer Sheva Mediterranean style eatery, they are used to serving hummous, shwarma and falafel. These days, owner Yossi Bitton has thrown some…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 23, 2015

Women Front, Center of Budapest’s Budding Jewish Community

When Kata Nádas, 31, a Hungarian Jew, first began attending Chabad programs at sixteen, her parents were concerned. Their associations with Judaism were all dark:…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 22, 2015

In Once-Judenrein Germany Jewish Life Blossoms

Twenty five years ago, he says, the attitude was that “Jewish life should be kept in the backyard,” and he didn’t see a need for…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 16, 2015

Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, Pioneer of Chabad Activities in Quebec, 76

Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, 76, Chabad representative in Montreal, QC, tragically passed away on Shabbat. Founding the first Chabad House in the city at McGill University…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 12, 2015

Learning Life Lessons From Wacky Science

As electric leaf blowers blow rolls of toilet paper, a delighted crowd of young children listen to Dr. Schnitzel derive life lessons from Newton’s laws…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 9, 2015

Train Station To Auschwitz Now A Shelter for Refugees Fleeing ISIS

Ripped from their homes by the Nazis 70 years ago, 8,000 Jews were hauled to Stazione Centrale – Milan, Italy’s central train station – where…

By Rosie Jacobs

July 8, 2015

Soul Strings Beckon, A Conductor Follows

When Israel Edelson, a rising conductor under the tutelage of legendary maestro Leonard Bernstein, arrived in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, he was searching…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 2, 2015

Center With A Soul Goes Up In Wilmette, Illinois

Rabbi Dovid and Rivke Flinkenstein managed Chabad’s activities in their basement before moving to a storefront in Kely Cleaners Plaza, slowly expanding into several of…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 26, 2015

Bethesda, Chevy Chase Jewish Communities See Remarkable Growth

Spurred to action by one woman who “gave of herself 110%” to build facts-on-the-ground, inspire meaningful connections and a joyful Jewish present, this is a…

By Rena Greenberg

June 17, 2015

Knesset Reflects on Rebbe’s Legacy

On the occasion of the 21st yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, opposition leaders gathered in the Israeli parliament to salute the…

By Rosie Jacobs

June 16, 2015